Warriors Don’t Cry

by

Melba Beals

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Orval Faubus Character Analysis

Orval Faubus Quotes in Warriors Don’t Cry

The Warriors Don’t Cry quotes below are all either spoken by Orval Faubus or refer to Orval Faubus. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
Racism and Living Under Jim Crow Theme Icon
).
Chapter 8 Quotes

It’s Thursday, September 26, 1957. Now I have a bodyguard. I know very well that the President didn’t send those soldiers just to protect me but to show support for an idea—the idea that a governor can’t ignore federal laws. Still, I feel specially cared about because the guard is there. If he wasn’t there, I’d hear more of the voices of those people who say I’m a nigger […] that I’m not valuable, that I have no right to be alive [….] Thank you, Danny.

Related Characters: Melba Pattillo Beals (speaker), Orval Faubus, Dwight D. Eisenhower, Danny
Related Symbols: Ethiopia
Page Number: 106
Explanation and Analysis:
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Orval Faubus Quotes in Warriors Don’t Cry

The Warriors Don’t Cry quotes below are all either spoken by Orval Faubus or refer to Orval Faubus. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
Racism and Living Under Jim Crow Theme Icon
).
Chapter 8 Quotes

It’s Thursday, September 26, 1957. Now I have a bodyguard. I know very well that the President didn’t send those soldiers just to protect me but to show support for an idea—the idea that a governor can’t ignore federal laws. Still, I feel specially cared about because the guard is there. If he wasn’t there, I’d hear more of the voices of those people who say I’m a nigger […] that I’m not valuable, that I have no right to be alive [….] Thank you, Danny.

Related Characters: Melba Pattillo Beals (speaker), Orval Faubus, Dwight D. Eisenhower, Danny
Related Symbols: Ethiopia
Page Number: 106
Explanation and Analysis: